Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1923, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT The Lady of North Star’ BY OTTWELL BINNS, AUTHOR OF “A MATING IN THE WILDS.” Messe tf x (MY FORTUNE ToUb: tT Wi, CHEER ME UP = INSTALLMENT NO. ONE i ‘Nou Ware HERE, There was a smell of burning|which he had heard—what did they a R x : SPARKY = Tu SHobr spruce in the sharp air, and Corporal|mean? They had sounded quite IN) AND. seed Roger Bracknell, of the Northwest | c!ose, and now there came this girl, ‘ per Low-Down ON ove Mounted Police sniffed it gratefully.|clearly badly frightened, carrying a t FUTURE 2 His team of dogs conscious of it,/rifle and hurrying from the wood. broke into joyous yelps. The corporal] Tired as he was with the day’s smiled to himself, |travel he could not leave the prob- They're wise dogs.” he muttered,|!em unsolved. For the moment he “put not wise enough to know the|¢ven forgot Koona Dick, and leaving trail's end. I wonder if I sha!) find| his dogs, turned into the p from the man dere, which the girl had emerged. He img | Moved cautiously, with the service He Dione i abruptly ss ae eeen pistol In his hand. No sound reached caught his eye. It was a new-marked him, put a shadowy form behind him sled-trail debouching from the main ‘ : * tne 42 | Slid from one tree trunk to another, track 1 he stooped to’ examine !t/ staneing him. caret Corporal Brackell remained uncon: Sipping off his snow-shoes he scious of nadow, and m turned towards the trail which led) qutciy bu i cable wast came into the wood, and began to follow {| Jagenly the huddled form 6 ceretanz: 1. ma n did not move, an As he walked, he unbuttoned his sckuell pistol-holster in preparation for ac- ¢ tion. He had pursued Koona Dic nearly four hundred m that the end of the chase w tt behooved him to be thiow The short Northland day face, suaie MEO ~ GEE WHIZ’ — 4 Bite 4 bf —THose Wew most ever. and stool Tor HewRIEtra’s New || ZTE —)., ‘Repucnaene AuiTie’s New — Ho: But Hey 5 sudden bof a rif ; Corsets — THirty- Be Sp CORSETS WoHDER- epuccD ME. echoed. theo @ atilipece, followed | (en, Whiatied to : HIRIY ; i, WONDERS WITH You Shs ih th iin gs R e 7 The man immediat a second, and that by! ne had fotlov the sharp cry of a woman assailed by | the mortal terror. Then there came the| hoped to Five Smacxos! les through | he had but who —— HANENov Holicrb How A MANY Pounos THEY = ‘ } quick yelp of ¢ but no sound | now, of were to be trust: | i broke the awfu that followed. oq, had finally c A Sin | s Have REDUCED His hand, res on the geepole of| Who had kitled Koona Dick? The| : 4 “ HER ? the sled, shoo! | girl whom he had met with that look "he whispered. | of frozen terror on her face? Who , at that! There's! was she? Tho wh of his dogs about. I won-/came to his ears wero evi der if Koona Di dently growing restl since As he approached a narrow road’ he could do nothing by lingering | at right angles! there, he swung on his heel, and i » he looked down) made all speed back to where hjs! | figure, that of| team awaited him hey yelped ba | 1 | viftly between | delight as he appeared. s ulm. She| Four minutes later, a turn in the i not see him, and he was about to| road unexpectedly brought into view; make his presence kno’ when the|# homestead. From its outline in the sight of her face checked him darkness it was of considerable pro-! It was a young face, and beaut!-| portions for a Northland lodge. i ful, but as he saw it, jt was a picture | Just as he reacheti the wooden} of incarnate terror. The eyes were! fence which ran round the house, a staring as in horror. There was a} door opened and a Iight within atony look about the cameolike fea-| streaming through ouiiined the form tures and he caught the gasping in-) of a man in the act of entering. take of breath as she passed him. As| Corporal Bracknell shouted to him, | she hurried by, something in her) and the man turned round. —————— hand caught his eye. It was a rifle.) “Who are, you?” he asked, as he Should be grateful for supper and a carried at the trail. \e | bunk if that ts pos For a moment he stood there unde: Dominion “It !s quite possible, Officer, and cided what to do. Those two shots serv oliceman. ‘I (Cont don P. n) te." poral Bracknell replied the STILL IF 160, WHAT WiLL WALT THINK OF ME FOR KEEPING SILENT AS LONG v MUST TELL! THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH 1 CAN'T KEEP QUIET ANY LONGER! HONEY BUNCH — THEY'RE NOT GOING To GET YOU AWAY FROM ME— NOT | Bweway. wat Wrtts,. 1 eINey ) OVER IN HER OPE A APARTMENT OF SKEEZIX UNTIL Gow eine | THE ADOPTION COMES SOM | UP FOR FINAL PACES THE } HEARING [IN Two FLOOR. SHE | | Weeks. THE STRANGE RECALLS ALL | WOMAN WHO CAME THAT HAS HAPPENED | FORWARD AND ASKED | FoR TWO WEEKS CELAY IS VERY IF SHE 1S" | MUCH THE SUBJECT FOLLOWING \ THE RIGHT AND DOWN THE COURSE. ALLEY THIS MORNING. | | OF DISCUSSION UP | | AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENOS CLASS | | Gotta @poRess THe SHEBE | SS Society THis Pa.-GosH, 1D RATHES? RECOMMEND KINGS <<, Te Retsky! ST You Pook BIMBo = DoNT You KNOW THE Nose 1S & PART OF EACH SHINING Face? “IM TICKLED PINK, THIS AFTAK ACON- 1 ste SO MANy BRIGHT AND SHINING FACES Before ME- Anam! “T+s cyes wees stemrs = “3 Lorror and ho caught tho gasping intake of bres us she passed hin. ovwething caught his eye. It was a rifle. e e | . Ay, opened his eyes as aho stoop: ed over her work, and promptly re en A 1 closed them again, ‘Oh, my love, my love, I've killed | you!” she said in helpless little moans | 48 she struggled to knot the bandage == By Arthur Stringer tight over the wrapped wrist-bonc ye YAN == Author of “The Prairle Wife” “The House of Intrigue,” Ete. She tried to tell herself to be calm Dave coven ts isove obs — an’ to remember what me should — Soar oe ee eR ee INSTALLMENT ; do in such cases. She Uppea wHo's wo Bie mesrcahd iets intel tee oe eee WINNIE WINKLE, THE BREADWIN Theodora (Teddie) Hayden, a “poor ek the chask | be beating, and summoned up the ER. Winite’s Rare Is Over ttle rich girl,” seeks “freedom” in| ( West recovers her car, brings| courage to study his face. { iN V1 CAN NEVER HOPE. a PROMISE ME TO Do| f= x R Greenwich Vill Her {t back to her studio and is interrupt On hia left temple she noticed a! wi SEONaNe Weenreo ton YOUR FORGIVE- 1' GLAD YOU SAID N YOUR DUTY AND x), ‘ OH GOSH! My Unele Chandler, ‘the major,” before|¢4 in hiv attempt at love-making| lump, almost as big as a shirred egg, | ME SO? SOONEROR. | NESS WINNIE, BUT THAT, BECAUSE T LINE HERE WITH | Poet HEARTS BUSTED Jeaving for Hot Springs, goes to sce|When Dorgan drags in Lipsett and a subsidiary small pain shot — ||LATER T WOULD HANS hits oO NS Rane HAVE A TREMENDOUS YOUR WIFE AND 1N A THOUSAND her, telling his old chum, Teddy fiercely repudiates Gerry and| through her as she remembered how ANTHEA, HOSTED Rees nue RESTITUTION 1 FAVOR TO ASK! YOU DAUGHTER! jeove || ever i | pieces pot | Commodore Stillman, that she ts |*20ur she is going home, just as/ much it looked Iike the lump Gun. ROMANCE e YET YOU WOULD HAVE JUST WAIT HERE !! | : STILL I'M HAPPY! “too pretty to be running arouna|Uacle undler enters. boat Dorgan had once brought out | WINNIE’S WEDDING TO ||RUINED MY ett loose,” Her uncle ts forced to be eat-| _ Teidie ts tofd isfled with her independent attitude. | TUMOr that Gerry Raoul Uhlan, a portrait painter,| Rivers girl Immed: by her uncle of a) on Raoul Uhlan's pallid forohead. | | CENwera DARE WHICH is to marry “that| She was brushing the dusty hair! WAS TO HAVE TAKEN. tely she or-| back from this slowly discoloring PLACE YESTERDAY, forces his attentions on Teddie ar | dern } and drives aw lump when she awakened for the NEVER GOT STARTED. I Kisses her. To punish him she aske To avoid a collision with b car,| first time to the knowledge that the KENNETH'S WIFE AND 3 Gunboat Dorgan, a prize fighter, to| Gerry swings his auto into the ditch.| driver of the motor-truck was not DAUGHTER. ARRIVED JUST : beat him, which Dorgan does. Dorg an | — only standing there beside her, but| ‘IN THE NICKOF ne, thereupon also ktases and as \ JHEX Teddie looked back with her| addressing her in nene too commia-| — | PREVENT THE WEDDING. heart in ‘her mouth, she maw no! erative to H WINNIE WAS ALL sumes rights ov ster, much to the annoyance of sign of a roadster and no sign of; Ruby Reamer, a model, bo threat-| Uerry along tho road. This both| 6¢UH'VE kilt him, all right, lady!) | | BROKENUP ON LEARNING THE TRUTH ABOUT KENNETH AND HAS MADE ens Teddie with “the law.” because| Fr § Mew!lldered ter. And Yut kit him, and ¥ s‘poso; AN APPOINTMENT TO ' Dorgan has apparently thrown | stint she stared Wack through) yuh're satisfied!” MEET HIM AT THE | over. the settling dust | “I haven't Killed him,” protested | BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT q Attorney Shotwell, representing| Then she saw, and understood. She| Teddie as she’ took Gerry's head jn WHICH WAS TO HAVE Raoul Unlan, calls to demand $25,000] saw his heavy roadster half-way up| her lap BEEN THEIR HOME — for hin client for the beating. So Ted.| the of the side-bill, with its}! “Yuh sure set ott to Kill seme ‘ die calls on | nose buried tn a vet-hedge, oddly | thing,” announced the blue-denimed LE ee a \ Gerry West, one of her own eet, | Uve of a shout rooting for tu-| giant from the truck “And this childhood playmate, now a lawyer. | looks to me ike yuh got what yuh bs Bhe tells her story, whereupon Gerry| on the dust-powdered grass! was after!” also kisses her beside it she saw Gerry lying start-| “Don't be silly,” cried Teddile. “But! mured ridiculous littl Incoherencies, and held his dusty cheek against] emerging from unconsciousness. t if I know it,” proclaimed her] “what ts {t7” Louis Lipsctt, a reporter on the] ling with o = of red on the! get into my car and get back hero! Which mado him open one eye, like] hers. “Oh, Gerry!" repeated Teddie hug-| captive. as : Btar, is called tr West, who takes| putty-colored motor coat with n doctor right away" s py bh rug, and And then she kissed him, ging him tight. Teddie looked up for a moment at I've got to know just why you iteps in spite of Ale's gnation She r 1t'a } ia ne {t ogain.| She Kissed him with grimness, de- And sho kissed him again, out of| the sadly wrecked roadster | ed me t body into the truck ti 1 she| termination. abandon, crying ‘Oh| ehe relief at finding him still an-| “But wasn't sporting of me ae tudied hm a] ecides to| of the heartloss ¢ in t ry!" in foolish little gasps and not} chored to the muddled-up o:d world| Gerry! wi y t that doctor! blazed Ted hering to wipe away the tear that| with her What wasn't?" | n she studied the lengthening the ¢ ned his c dle 1 a star tch drove the was running down her nose. “You'll have to marry me for this, hing—everything I've done,| shadows the valley-siope and as dhe hands 8 stream of red tru off even as naked steel Then she sat back, with his head| rememt announcec Gerry, doing| reached out with tis one! the blue beyond. " check for Uhian wrist might ‘have done still in ner arms, for his eyes were} his best to look magisterial good arm. | “Becau you're so different Commotore, overwhelmed owt h sym “Oh, : And when he w: 6 she leaned | open and gazing up into her face. “I couldn't live without you, Ger “No Queen, Teddle, can possibly| from other men she tirhity’ “aes Leow 5d Meimmnae pict nr eet ans) Wesiea Lass l inert Gerry and wiped oe bd dare you do that?” de-| ry,” she bad the honesty to acknowl-| do wrong. But there's one thine know! aie ters. Explanatione follow eo Com\and witty 2 handkerchief 1 m his face with her tiny| Then She} manded Gerry, in a voice sin-! edge. “And they said I was going| lovedness, I-want to know. I've on moore lcaves jo telegraph Uncle the breeding wrist. a handkerchief and mur-! slipped an his head| gularly steady for one #0. recently’ to lose youl” POR ee steely : got} (Copyright 1pz2, dicate, Ima) ‘ '